Buckminster Fuller home

Today we got a tour of the inside from the architect who is overseeing the restoration of the Fuller home in Carbondale. You get some sense of size and dimension from the double sliding doors. Now guess how many square feet of living space inside (if you dare)!
» R. Buckminster Fuller Dome Not-For-Profit
» Architectural drawings at the Library of Congress
» Wikipedia page for the Fuller Dome
» About Bucky
» Geodesic dome

Today was a busy touring day with our friend Ellen:
» General John A. Logan Museum in Murphysboro :: 2012 post of General John A. Logan Museum
» Bald Knob Cross, Alto Pass, IL
» Wine sampling at Alto Vineyards
» Dinner at 17th Street BBQ, Murphysboro, IL

Looking back
  1 year ago: “Covid-19 test result”
 2 years ago: “Zebra Swallowtail — ‘ventral’ view”
 3 years ago: No post
 4 years ago: “Swamp Tigers”
 5 years ago: “Almost there!”
 6 years ago: “Dude, there are ants crawling on your face!”
 7 years ago: “Wishbone Flower”
 8 years ago: “1-frame day”
 9 years ago: “Macro’ing ‘Everyday’”
10 years ago: “Driftwood + Tiger lilies”

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[GaryW]

Very cool looking structure! Love the color! I'd guess between 250 and 300 square feet of living area. Quite small!!

[Esther Rosenberg]

Cool dome like structure.

[Mags]

We all may be living in those soon enough.

[Thom Mitchell]

@thewatersphotos Twelve-hundred! Yep, that's 1,200. Two bedrooms, one bath, kitchen and a spacious living room. There is even an upper level where Bucky had his office/work-space! Remember, a sphere is the geometric shape that minimizes surface area for a given volume, hence the motivation behind the geodesic dome itself: it minimizes material usage for a given space!

[Kathy]

Much roomier than it appears to be.

[GaryW]

@rhoing Wow! That is stunning! I never would have thought it was that big!